Easy to Wear Resort 2009 Lanvin by Alber Elbaz Look 4 Black Silk Strapless Dress Strapless and each row is made

and each row is made of costumed woman in various stages of a dance

The thread used is incredibly soft and this adds yet another dimenesion to the dress

The base is a fine ivory felted wool and the crown of the hat is high and rounded

The show was presented the same day as the 2007 CFDA Awards where Oscar de la Renta was nominated for Womenswear Designer of the Year which he won (tied with Proenza Schouler)

There is one teeny pinhole at the front that gets lost in the fold once an and is stable and a small area of grubbiness under the arms and a couple areas on the front skirt

Easy to Wear Resort 2009 Lanvin by Alber Elbaz Look 4 Black Silk Strapless Dress Strapless and each row is madeThe twin of this dress in pink was shown as Look 4 for the 2009 Resort collection. In their review Vogue said that "For his joyful Resort collection for Lanvin, Alber Elbaz was thinking not only of the "idea of vacation" but also of the "perfect American look of the fiftiesbut made in the wrong way." I love that and that expresses to me so much how his mind worked. It is just one of those dresses that is completely easy to wear and still feels